John
is a fine art photographer whose career has
spanned over 20 years. He currently lives
and works in Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
In the mid-80's he visited "The Decisive Moment",
a photography exhibit at Jacksonville's Cummer
Museum of Art. "This was a pivotal time in
my life", John knew then and there his life
path would be as a photographer. He attended
Montana State University and graduated with
a BA in Photography.

His art has been featured in Williams-Sonoma
Home, both stores and catalogue. His work
has appeared on the cover of House Beautiful
and on ABC's nationally televised show Extreme
Make-Over, to name only a few. He is currently
being represented by Corbis
and Image
Conscious.

John has lived in San Francisco and New York
working for Getty Images and Corbis Images,
As a result, he was influenced and inspired
by the multitude of images he saw every day
"New York City was a great place to live as
a photographer -- imagery was everywhere.
It was almost visual overload," he says. Today
John prefers a simpler and slower pace back
home at the beach.

"To me, photographs do much more than tell
stories or record memories. They are often
stories in and of themselves. In many instances,
photographs are the end result of a journey
or adventure, a moment in time, captured on
film or, in today's digital world, a sensor.
They capture dreams and hopes and, more often
than not, the realities of the world we live
in. The sad thing about some of my images
is the fact that they only exist today in
print or on film -- the landscapes are no
longer there or they have been altered and
changed forever in the name of progress."

John's
photographic interests incorporate a variety
of camera formats: from 35mm to 4x5 film cameras;
from vintage Polaroid cameras to the latest
in digital camera techniques. His key to shooting
is his sense of simplicity. "I want the object
or scene to speak for itself and stand on
its own without a lot of clutter", he says.
He also likes the quarks, flaws or limitations
that are characteristic of older cameras.
He says that, "Once you tap into a cameras
potential there really are no limitations
--- only the ones we place upon them, or perhaps,
the ones we place upon ourselves."